Incumbents prevail in local races
Election 2021. The incumbent county commissioners won easily. Incumbents in the races for council and school board in Franklin, Hamburg, Hardyston, and Ogdensburg also did well in yesterday’s election, and there are some new faces too.
| 03 Nov 2021 | 11:19
SUSSEX COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (three-year term)
WINNER: Dawn Fantasia (R, incumbent) 33,988
WINNER: Christopher Carney (R, incumbent) 32,010
Scott Paul (D) 15,082
Michael Vrabel (D) 14,683
SUSSEX COUNTY CLERK (five-year term)
WINNER: Jeffrey M. Parrot (incumbent) 41,952
FRANKLIN COMMON COUNCIL (three-year term)
WINNER: Rachel Heath (R) 932
WINNER: Gilbert J. Snyder (R, incumbent) 868
Patricia N. Rowett (D) 389
HAMBURG BOROUGH COUNCIL (three-year term)
WINNER: Matt Sena (R, incumbent) 781
WINNER: John Haig (R) 757
HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP COUNCIL (three-year term)
WINNER: Carl B. Miller (R, incumbent) 2,447
LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE (three-year term)
WINNER: Kevin O’Leary (R, incumbent) 763
Sean Jans (D) 240
OGDENSBURG COMMON COUNCIL (three-year term)
WINNER: Nelson R. Alvarez (R, incumbent) 640
WINNER: Kenneth Poyer (R) 923
WALLKILL VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION (three-year term)
Hamburg:
WINNER: Guy G. McHugh (incumbent) 811
Hardyston:
WINNER: Cynthia Rock (incumbent) 2,257
WINNER: Suzanne Testino (incumbent) 2,271
HAMBURG BOROUGH SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION (three-year term)
WINNER: Francis “Frank” Brunke (incumbent) 736
WINNER: John Conklin (incumbent) 781
WINNER: Michael Frangipane (incumbent) 710
Bond Proposal:
YES: 583
No: 465
HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION (three-year term)
WINNER: Ronald E. Hoffman (incumbent) 2,240
WINNER: Danuta “Donna” Carey (incumbent) 2,181
WINNER: David Van Ginneken (incumbent) 2,144
LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION (three-year term)
WINNER: Kathleen Zagula (incumbent) 704
WINNER: Lisa Carlson (incumbent) 681
LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION (one-year term)
WINNER: John Kanson (incumbent) 746
OGDENSBURG BOROUGH SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION (three-year term)
WINNER: Brendan Donegan (incumbent) 451
WINNER: Lisa Lamonica (incumbent) 384
Daniel Mortensen 349
NURSING HOME INVESTIGATION
Voters overwhelmingly — 41,664 to 9,854 — approved the proposition asking the Sussex County commissioners to conduct an “independent, public, bi-partisan legislative investigation” into the state’s management of long-term care facilities during Covid, and to “consider every legal action necessary to compel the Governor and the Legislature to release all public information requested by Sussex County.”